Tag: Misinformation
Pharma company to pay $12.6M to settle kickback allegations
DOVER, Del. — A Delaware pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $12.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act...
Trump’s ‘big lie’ becomes new litmus test for success in GOP
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen...
GOP seeks to convince vaccine skeptics within its own ranks
WASHINGTON — When a group of Republican doctors in Congress released a video selling the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, their message wasn't explicitly...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
The Hamburglar? How a story about meat limits fell apart
NEW YORK — President Joe Biden spent only a weekend as the “Hamburglar” in the conservative media world.
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EU report takes aim at Russia over vaccine fake news
BRUSSELS — Russia has launched a major campaign using ministries, companies and pro-Kremlin media to promote the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and spread fake...
As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped...
Citing security, GOP lawmakers zero in on ballot drop boxes
ATLANTA — Atlanta-area voters looking to return their ballots using a drop box in next year’s gubernatorial election will have to do some searching.
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DeSantis attacks YouTube for yanking his pandemic video
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked YouTube and its parent company Google on Monday, accusing the tech giant of censorship for...
MSNBC apologizes for showing wrong video of congressman
MSNBC apologized on Wednesday for mistakenly airing video of another Black congressman while reporting a day earlier on the death of U.S. Rep. Alcee...